Inherited Bleeding Disorders in Pediatric Patients; experience of the national referral center in Iraq.

Background: Inherited bleeding disorders can lead to lifelong bleeding; they are mainly caused by quantitative or qualitative defect of coagulation factors, von Willebrand factor (VWF) or platelets. No published data are available about the different types of inherited bleeding disorders in Iraq.

Objectives: To describe types, severity and presentation of inherited bleeding disorders in pediatric patients in the major referral center in Iraq.

Presentation and diagnosis of patients with type 3 von Willebrand disease in resources-limited laboratory.

Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a bleeding disorder that results from decreased von Willebrand factor (VWF) activity <0.30 iu/mL. Therefore, the diagnosis of type 3 VWD in patients with bleeding requires finding a VWF:Ag and/or VWF:platelet ristocetin cofactor (RiCof) <0.